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Jake Richards vs Victoria Atkins

A side-by-side comparison of voting participation, party rebellion, topic focus, and recent voting overlap.

Photograph of Jake Richards
Jake Richards
Lab Rother Valley
vs
Photograph of Victoria Atkins
Victoria Atkins
Con Louth and Horncastle

Voting alignment

Jake Richards and Victoria Atkins voted the same way 2% of the time, based on 242 shared comparable votes.

4 same votes 238 different votes 242 shared votes

Alignment only includes divisions where both MPs recorded an Aye or No vote. Tellers, absences, abstentions, and missing votes are excluded.

Topic alignment

Closest by topic
2 Aye 4 No
Migration 17% aligned 6 shared votes
3 Aye 3 No
17 Aye 12 No
Crime / Justice 3% aligned 29 shared votes
11 Aye 18 No
39 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
Most different by topic
39 Aye 20 No
Tax 0% aligned 59 shared votes
20 Aye 39 No
19 Aye 8 No
Housing 0% aligned 27 shared votes
8 Aye 19 No
18 Aye 5 No
Work / Employment 0% aligned 23 shared votes
5 Aye 18 No
13 Aye 5 No
Education 0% aligned 18 shared votes
5 Aye 13 No
7 Aye 9 No
Defence 0% aligned 16 shared votes
9 Aye 7 No

Topic alignment uses local topic tags, so a division can count towards more than one topic.

Voting record

72.9 %
same as average
Rank 362 of 649
Participation
81.4 %
9 % above average
Rank 175 of 649
414
568 eligible divisions
Total votes
1,915
2,354 eligible divisions
217
52.4 % of votes cast
Aye votes
924
48.3 % of votes cast
197
47.6 % of votes cast
No votes
991
51.7 % of votes cast
0
0.0 % of votes cast
Against party
12
0.6 % of votes cast
2 years, 0 months
Since 4 Jul 2024
Commons service
11 years, 2 months
Since 7 May 2015

Debates

62
-11.4 vs Commons average
Rank 320 of 649
Appearances
18
-55.4 vs Commons average
Rank 586 of 649
205
+74.7 vs Commons average
Rank 106 of 649
Contributions
28
-102.3 vs Commons average
Rank 567 of 649

Debate figures cover imported Hansard debate appearances from the last 12 months.

Financials and interests

£187,382
all imported IPSA years
Lifetime expenses
£1,703,387
all imported IPSA years
£187,382
17 % below average
Latest expenses
£241,610
7 % above average
4
4 registered categories
Registered interests
6
2 registered categories
1
matched sponsored bills
Sponsored bills
5
matched sponsored bills

Expenses use IPSA totals for financial year 2024-25. Sponsored bill counts depend on currently imported bill sponsor metadata.

Most active voting topics

Housing
31 of 31 votes
#1
Brexit / EU
204 of 211 votes
Digital / Online Safety
11 of 11 votes
#2
Environment / Climate
46 of 48 votes
Democracy / Parliament
10 of 10 votes
#3
Migration
159 of 169 votes
Defence
31 of 34 votes
#4
Foreign Affairs
61 of 69 votes
Education
44 of 50 votes
#5
Energy
61 of 70 votes

Recent voting overlap

Where they voted differently
Aye
Draft Children’s Wellbeing and Schools Act 2026 (Establishment of Schools) (Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
Education
No
Aye
Draft Supply of Machinery (Safety) (Amendment etc.) and the EU Machinery Regulation (Enforcement etc. in Northern Ireland) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
Draft Town and Country Planning (Discharge of Local Planning Authority Functions) (England) Regulations 2026 8 Jul 2026
No
Aye
National Security (State Threats) Bill: motion to agree to Lords Amendment 1 6 Jul 2026
Defence
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (Credit Limit) Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Draft Climate Change Act 2008 (International Aviation and International Shipping) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate Transport
No
Aye
Draft Carbon Budget Order 2026 24 Jun 2026
Environment / Climate
No
Aye
Customs (Tariff and Miscellaneous Amendments) (No. 4) Regulations 2026 24 Jun 2026
Trade
No
No
Opposition Day: Puberty blockers 23 Jun 2026
Aye
No
Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness 23 Jun 2026
Defence
Aye
Where they voted the same
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Third Reading 20 Jun 2025
Aye
No
Crime and Policing Bill Report Stage: Amendment 160 17 Jun 2025
Crime / Justice
No
No
Border Security, Asylum and Immigration Bill Report Stage: New Clause 21 12 May 2025
Migration
No
Aye
Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill: Second Reading 29 Nov 2024
Aye
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